Recent content by Hawkiz

To pray is to ask. So in fact you DO pray 'to' others when you ask a prayer request 'to' (as in directed 'to' them in conversation).

So it IS in fact OK to ask others to intercede on your behalf? And it IS OK for you to intercede for others? So you get the concept then? The question to you is then why, exactly from Scripture, should this praying stop upon entrance to Heaven? Do people in Heaven stop loving those still...

Ok, my mistake on context within the discussion then...(your previous post did specifically mention the Roman Church, so I apparently mistakenly extended that thought). however, I think my point about making a generalization based upon how a church names itself still stands: and is actually...

The Eastern Orthodox would not consider themselves to be in union with Rome. The Armenian Catholic Church, which is in union with Rome, should not be confused with the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is not. Same is true for the Polish National Catholic Church, which is seeking unity with Rome...

As it happens, some of your list is true for Catholics, and to some measure, required to be considered Catholic, and the answers are stated clearly within the catechism: The Pope is considered the head of the Church. All bishops are considered equals as successors of the Apostles. The Pope is...

Do you have any sources to back these? I just did a search (Google) and can't find anything like: 'Catholic Churches who don't believe the Pope is the head of the church', or 'There is no papal infallibility to certain Catholic churches', or 'Salvation must be done by immersion, Catholic'...

Such as...? Peace in Christ Hawkiz

Thank you for pointing out in your response that the Bereans used the three legged stool: they used Scripture. They used St. Paul's traditions (what else can you call the new message that he was preaching except for a [new] tradition?). And they also used St. Paul's interpretive teaching as a...

Except that the Scripture says that the Bereans did two things, not one. They recieved St. Paul's interpretive teaching, and then studied what would have been OT Scripture to 'prove' it to be true. Scripture did not clearly interpret itself, as St. Paul's instruction was also needed. Sola...

At least on one level, Christ and the Church are viewed as one-in-the-same. Just as a husband and wife are said to become one flesh, (but clearly still exist in separate forms) so too the bride of Christ (the Church) and Christ are one. This concept is confirmed by Jesus Himself in Acts 9:4...

The RCC does not claim to be inerrant because the Pope has said that it is. The Church claims to be true for the same exact reasons that Scripture and SS utilize: God said so. Jesus founded the Church. Jesus and the Church are united in a supernatural way that actually makes them one, as a...

Peace in Christ, and I apologize for having to reply in red and within your answers, I am on the IPad today and it is acting up, making an otherwise normal reply difficult. Hawkiz

The Catholic Church would not disagree with you in principle: we can, do, and should change our hearts because we know that is what God desires for us. Catholics in fact do this without a certain set of tasks 'commanded' of us by a priest' every time we worship. The question then becomes: why...